Jailed Pak Taliban Take Hostages After Seizing Police Station
NDTV
Members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group -- separate from the Afghan Taliban but with a similar hardline Islamist ideology -- overpowered their jailers on Sunday and snatched weapons
More than 30 Pakistan Taliban were holding several officers hostage on Monday after breaking free from custody and seizing a police station, officials said.
Members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group -- separate from the Afghan Taliban but with a similar hardline Islamist ideology -- overpowered their jailers on Sunday and snatched weapons.
The Taliban, held on suspicion of terrorism, are demanding safe passage to Afghanistan, Muhammad Ali Saif, a spokesman for the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, said in a statement late Sunday.
A senior government official in Bannu, where the incident unfolded near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan's formerly self-governed tribal areas, said hostages were still being held after a failed operation to free them.
